eatfoozles
New Member
Hi all,
I am new here and will be purchasing a 2000 EX Sedan M/T from a private seller later today. It has 222k miles, and is pretty much a stock vehicle (OEM replacements for anything that needed to be replaced). I am excited to be working on the car and building something that I can feel accomplished about.
A little info about me - I have actually never worked on a car before. In the past 5 years I've discovered the joy of building and customizing stuff for myself (it began with learning to build computers and then moving on to linux systems and then building a bunch of home servers and then software builds/development).
Last year, I started to get more interested in cars and have spent the past year reading, watching videos, and studying whatever I could. I like knowing how things work, especially something that I use everyday. I was looking to get a project started sooner, but last year I got married in September, bought a house in October, and then found out that my wife was pregnant in November! It's been pretty busy, but now I am on parental leave and I have been doing nothing but watching a ton of youtube videos while taking care of the baby.
The videos only fueled my desire to start building to get hands on experience so I started looking again and have finally found a vehicle. Currently I daily a 2015 Kia Forte, and I got it because it was the cheapest new car that I could find. The 6th gen accord will be my first project car, my first used-car, and my first attempt at learning to drive M/T for myself.
I hope to make this car fun to drive, and well-kept to a point where I can pass it down to my children 16 years from now. I look forward to learning from you all and hope to be able to contribute something for new learners as well
I am new here and will be purchasing a 2000 EX Sedan M/T from a private seller later today. It has 222k miles, and is pretty much a stock vehicle (OEM replacements for anything that needed to be replaced). I am excited to be working on the car and building something that I can feel accomplished about.
A little info about me - I have actually never worked on a car before. In the past 5 years I've discovered the joy of building and customizing stuff for myself (it began with learning to build computers and then moving on to linux systems and then building a bunch of home servers and then software builds/development).
Last year, I started to get more interested in cars and have spent the past year reading, watching videos, and studying whatever I could. I like knowing how things work, especially something that I use everyday. I was looking to get a project started sooner, but last year I got married in September, bought a house in October, and then found out that my wife was pregnant in November! It's been pretty busy, but now I am on parental leave and I have been doing nothing but watching a ton of youtube videos while taking care of the baby.
The videos only fueled my desire to start building to get hands on experience so I started looking again and have finally found a vehicle. Currently I daily a 2015 Kia Forte, and I got it because it was the cheapest new car that I could find. The 6th gen accord will be my first project car, my first used-car, and my first attempt at learning to drive M/T for myself.
I hope to make this car fun to drive, and well-kept to a point where I can pass it down to my children 16 years from now. I look forward to learning from you all and hope to be able to contribute something for new learners as well